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coolant reservoir overflowing

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godstangit

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Running late for work this morning and ran the car hard and when I shut it off I noticed that coolant had spilled out the top of the overflow cap. The car wasnt up to temp yet, and the level has been up to par, I put in a new t-stat,and it hasnt been overheating,any suggestions as to what could cause this? its done it before.
 

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More than likely your radiator cap is stuck open, causing coolant to flow out of the rdiator into the overflow. Change your rad cap and that should cure it.
 

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The car wasn't up to temp? as in not up to temp on the gage or not run long enough?

when did you change that thermostat (very recent)?

If I had to vote I would say radiator cap too.
 
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94-302-vert said:
The car wasn't up to temp? as in not up to temp on the gage or not run long enough?

when did you change that thermostat (very recent)?

If I had to vote I would say radiator cap too.
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I changed the t-stat along with the intake gasket about a month ago, but the rad cap is well over 3 years old Ill have a new one on it today, and no it wasnt up to temp I drove off after the idle setteled down-it hunts when its cold. actually thinking about it the t-stat would have had to been open to allow coolant to flow back to the radiator, maybe its sticking too?
 

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If your Tstat was stuck closed, your engine would have overheated in a hurry. Even if it was stuck open, it shouldn't have caused the overflow to, well, overflow. The rad cap should only open at a set pressure to let coolant go in the overflow and thereby relieve pressure in the system.
 

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I had the same problem about a month ago. It was a faulty t-stat. It would stick every now and then.
 
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1TallMF said:
If your Tstat was stuck closed, your engine would have overheated in a hurry. Even if it was stuck open, it shouldn't have caused the overflow to, well, overflow. The rad cap should only open at a set pressure to let coolant go in the overflow and thereby relieve pressure in the system.
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Yeah, sounds by what your saying radiator cap is the logical culprit-the ride to work is like 5 minutes, 2 minutes to let the idle settle-shut down for like 10 minutes -realized I wasnt sheduled to work till 1 pm so drove back home another 5 minutes-then got home and noticed the coolant and steam when I shut it down again-so total running time was about 10 12 minutes or so.
 
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